Benjamin B J
Department of Special Education Services, University of Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
Semin Speech Lang. 1997 May;18(2):127-34. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1064067.
This article documents the dramatic increase expected in the number of people over 65 years of age who will be living in the United States during the first half of the 21st century and describes how the age, health, and ethnic differences of this expanding group will comprise an extremely heterogeneous subpopulation. Differences in how aging and the health problems that accompany it may be viewed are discussed in terms of cultural influences and traditions. It is suggested that such differences in a growing segment of the population that is likely to have increasing needs for speech-language pathology services in the years ahead could pose significant challenges for the profession.
本文记录了预计在21世纪上半叶生活在美国的65岁以上人口数量的急剧增长，并描述了这一不断扩大的群体在年龄、健康和种族方面的差异将如何构成一个极其多样化的亚群体。文章从文化影响和传统的角度讨论了对衰老及其伴随的健康问题的不同看法。有人指出，在未来几年可能对言语病理学服务需求不断增加的人口中，这样的差异可能会给该行业带来重大挑战。
